{"product_id":"9781118720721","title":"Atlas of Weed Mapping","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeeds are variously defined as plants growing where they are not wanted, plants that interfere with human activity. Weeds affect everyone in the world by reducing crop yield and quality, delaying or interfering with harvesting, interfering with animal feeding, reducing animal health, preventing water flow, as plant parasites, etc. It is estimated that those problems cause $ billions worth of crop losses annually and the global cost of controlling weeds also runs into many $ billions every year.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlas of Weed Mapping\u003c\/i\u003e presents an introductory overview on the occurrence of the most common weeds of the world. The book notably includes:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescription of cropping practices and explanations for the global distribution of weeds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvasive plant mapping\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAquatics and wetland plants with histological plant details\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheoretical and practical aspects of weed mapping\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAspects on the documentation of herbicide resistance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBiodiversity, rare weeds and the dominance of the most common weeds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFully illustrated with more than 800 coloured figures and a number of tables, this new characterisation of anthropogenic vegetation will be interesting for readers of a great number of disciplines such as agriculture, botany, ecology, geobotany and plant community research. More than a hundred experts have contributed data to this unique compilation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47130304610544,"sku":"9781118720721","price":320.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781118720721_p0.jpg?v=1769889139","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781118720721","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}